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Serena Williams Gives Birth To Baby Girl
Meet baby G.O.A.T.
A baby just in time for Labor Day weekend.
Serena Williams and fiancé Alexis Ohanian welcomed a baby girl at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday, according to multiple reports.
WPBF-25 news producer Chris Shepherd was first to report that Williams gave birth to her daughter, weighing 6 pounds, 13 ounces, writing that mom and baby are “doing well.”
Beyoncé later confirmed the news, congratulating her friend on the newest addition to the family.
Williams reportedly checked in two days prior, clearing out an entire floor of the hospitalfor security purposes before going into delivery. This is the first child for both the tennis champion and the Reddit co-founder.
Williams first announced she was 20 weeks pregnant in April with a Snapchat photo of herself in a swimsuit. She later revealed, however, that the photo was shared by accident due to pressing the wrong button. Given the timeline, her followers quickly deduced that Williams was expecting when she won the Australian Open in January like a total legend.
Before giving birth, the 35-year-old said she had a “strong suspicion” that she was having a girl, while Ohanian thought a baby boy was on the way.
“Two weeks after we found out, I played the Australian Open,” Williams explained to Vogue. “I told Alexis it has to be a girl because there I was playing in 100-degree weather, and that baby never gave me any trouble. Ride or die. Women are tough that way.”
Williams and Ohanian have been linked together as early as 2015, but kept their relationship private. The two first met by chance in Rome at a hotel buffet and Williams gave him her number. After a magical rendezvous in Paris weeks later, they began a relationship.
Ohanian recalled thinking Williams was an “interesting, charming, beautiful woman” upon…
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